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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6079788 | Device for removing individual fiber tufts from up to three fiber bins of a brush making machine A device for removing individual fiber tufts from a plurality of fiber bins of a brush making machine comprises a tuft remover, a counterpart matching the tuft remover and a movable slide arranged between the counterpart and the fiber bins. The slide has ... | 06/27/2000 |
| 6016757 | Tufting device for a brush tufting machine A tufting device for the filling tool of a brush tufting machine is provided which permits the operating stroke of the filling tool to be varied and adjusted without affecting operating speed and precision of operation. The tufting device has a guide bloc... | 01/25/2000 |
| 5998693 | Flexible adhesive element for external medical use in the treatment of hypertrophic or cheloid scars following breast surgery The flexible adhesive element (100) has a profile that is generally anchor-shaped, with an essentially rectilinear central branch (101) and with two curved side branches (102, 103). The central branch (101) is designed to extend to the peri-areolar zone o... | 12/07/1999 |
| 5992577 | Arrangement of carbon brake disks for an aircraft brake unit and a method of assembling disks in such an arrangement The invention relates to an arrangement of carbon brake disks for an aircraft brake unit comprising stators coupled to a torsion tube alternating with rotors coupled to the corresponding wheel. The arrangement is organized in two configurations correspond... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5992995 | Device for fixing lenses to a spectacles frame The invention relates to apparatus for fixing lenses to a spectacles frame, the apparatus comprising, for each lens, a flexible rim element passing along an associated bezel and being secured to the frame on either side of the lens. According to the inven... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5975486 | Valve combination A valve combination is proposed for use in plumbing applications which is suitable as a replacement for conventional solenoid valves with a plunger armature. The valve combination consists of a main valve (10), embodied as a diaphragm valve, a servo valve... | 11/02/1999 |
| 5896986 | Rosette having radially deflectable finger ends for holding disc shaped elements An improved rosette for securing at least one disc shaped element having a central aperture includes a raised circular hub having a substantially cylindrical side wall, the hub projecting upward from a planar base; at least one resilient, arcuate, circumf... | 04/27/1999 |
| 5889879 | Object recognizer An object recognizer includes a computer system, a spatial division sensing device including a first sensor, a second sensor, and a first polarizer. An object feature generator is attached to an object and includes a plurality of object feature correspond... | 03/30/1999 |
| 5887335 | Method of producing a circularly magnetized non-contact torque sensor A torque sensor comprises a magnetoelastically active element, and a magnetic sensor, such as a Hall effect sensor, responsive to the field of the magnetoelastically active portion. In the preferred embodiment, the magnetoelastically active portion compri... | 03/30/1999 |
| 5878762 | Coupling device for collapsible sunshade umbrella A coupling device for a collapsible sunshade umbrella includes a coupling base including a supporting column having a first end portion and a second end portion containing an insertion socket therein, two juxtaposed extension ears each extending outward f... | 03/09/1999 |
| 5879465 | Method and apparatus for descaling hot rolled stainless steel strip A method and apparatus for removing oxide scale from the surface of hot-rolled stainless steel strip comprises uncoiling the steel strip coil, removing the coil bias and cracking the surface scale in a first scalebreaking apparatus, flattening the strip b... | 03/09/1999 |
| 5860444 | Air gap backflow prevention device A backflow prevention device for connection between an equipment liquid drain line and a sewer connection, the device being operable to prevent backflow of sewer waste into the equipment, comprising: an inlet opening at its upper portion, the inlet openin... | 01/19/1999 |
| 5784479 | Loudspeaker frame A loudspeaker frame has a body, a flange, a plurality of ribs connected therebetween and a metal disc securely retained within the body. The body has a central hole which is concentric to the flange. In an inner periphery of the central hole, a peripheral... | 07/21/1998 |
| 5775718 | Folding assembly for a trolley A trolley folding assembly includes a driving device and a driven device. A person is able to fold the whole trolley with only one hand by first pressing a safety switch and then pulling a driving rod received within a link of the driving device.... | 07/07/1998 |
| 5692630 | Adjustable handle of feeding bottle for infants and children An adjustable handle of feeding bottle for infants and children comprises two grips each having at least one first collar integrally formed thereon, said grips being slidingly disposed between an attachment, e.g. a cover or a securing ring, and a body of ... | 12/02/1997 |
| 5684452 | Multi-purposes warning device A multi-purposes warning device includes a battery container, a tube threadedly engaged to an end of the battery container and a flash bulb disposed in the tube, a bracket pivotally engaged to the tube and a flashlight head pivotally engaged to the bracke... | 11/04/1997 |
| 5602023 | Pharmaceutical product containing live, stabilized virus for the therapy of viral and malignant diseases and process for preparing the same A process for preparing a purified virus vaccine comprises the steps of purifying a fluid containing a virus by centrifugation, ultracentrifuging to pellet the supernatant, purifying the virus by sucrose gradient ultracentrifugation, rehydration and lyoph... | 02/11/1997 |
| 5591925 | Circularly magnetized non-contact power sensor and method for measuring torque and power using same A power sensor for providing an output signal indicative of the power transmitted by a rotating torqued member comprises a magnetoelastically active element for producing a magnetic field varying with the applied torque and a field modulating means for mo... | 01/07/1997 |
